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BROOGH 0R BADGE FOR CLUBS.

Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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ROBERT EDlVARD PHILLIPS AND ERNEST RICHARD SHIPTON, OF LONDON, COUNTY OFMIDDLESEX, ENGLAND.

BROOCH OR BADGE FOR CLUBS,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 350,079, datedSeptember 28, 1886.

Application filed May 24. lFSfi. Serial No. 203,167.

(No model.) Patented in England July H, 1885, No. 9,518, and in FranceApril 16, 1886, No. 162,943.

To all whom, it may concergg:

Be it known that we, tonnn'r EDWARD Pi [IL- mrs and ERNns'r RICHARD SnIPTUN, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at L011- don, inthe county of Middlesex, England,

have invented certain new and useful improvements in and relating tobrooches or badges for clubs and other bodies whose membership isdefined by the payment of periodical subscript-ions, (for which we haveobtained Letters Patent in England, No. 8,518, dated July 14, 1885, andin France, No. 162,843, dated April 16, 1886,) of which the following isa specification.

Our invention relates to the construction of brooches or badges for theuse of clubs and other bodies as an outward and visible mark ofmembership, and has for its object the prevention of fraud by any onewearing the brooch or badge of a club after ceasing to be a member.

At the present time there are three different methods,of supplying themembers of clubs with badges, all of which have objections more or lessgrave.

First. The badges are sold direct to the members, which therefore becometheir own property, and they can consequently, though fraudulently, wearthem after ceasing to be members.

Secondly. The badges are lent to members either with or without adeposit. This system requires a considerable expenditure of capital onthe part of the club without any corresponding return, and it is aditlicult mat ter to get the badges returned by persons who have ceasedto be members.

Thirdly. Badges of a new design are issued each year to the members.This is objectionable on the ground of cost, as members cannot beexpected to purchase new badges at frequent intervals, while the cost ofdistributing them gratis cannot be borne by other than large andinfluential clubs.

By the use of brooches or badges constructed according to our inventionall these ditticulties are removed, as the brooches or badges cease tobe a distinctive token of membership unless the periodical subscriptionis paid.

To attain this end we construct our brooches or badges of two parts, oneof whichjiorms the ticket of membership and is renewable at statedintervals, defined by the period covered by the subscription. The twoparts of the badge are designed to harmonize with each other and formany suitable design. The part forming the ticket of membership ispreferably formed of some cheap and inexpensive material, which iscapable of receiving writing on at least one side, and which isimporvious to heat and moisture. The other part of the badge ispreferably made of precious metal or imitation thereof. Ve make themetal part in the shape of a case to receive the renewable or changeablepart constituting the ticket of membership. The renewable part of thebadge is made in different colors or combination of colors each year orother period of membership, and bears on the face of it some distinctivemarksuch as the number of the ycarwhile the back of it is left blank toreceive any official markings, and the name and address of the member towhom it is issued. It will thus be seen that the metal or case part ofthe brooch or badge may be sold to the members, as until the ticket ofmembership placed within it it does not become the official badge, whilethe renewable part or ticket can be produced as cheap as any ol. thepresent forms of membership tick ets, and may therefore be distributedgratuitously.

In the accompanying drawings, throughout the figures of which similarparts are marked with like letters of reference, Figures '1, 2, 3, 4,and 5 illustrate a design for a brooch or badge suitable forcycIingclubs. Fig. 1 is a view of the brooch or badge complete. Fig. 2is a view of the metal case open showing the back of the ticket ofmembership. Fig. 3 is a view showing the front of the renewable part orticket of memlu-rship. Fig. 4 is aseetional view of the badge complete,and Fig. 5 is a sectional. view of the renewable part.

Referring to these figures, A designates the metal case part of thebrooch or badge, and 13 the renewable part forming the ticket ofmembershi p. The front of the case A is made to represent a cycle-wheel,the spokes of which form filigree-work. The face of the disk B isprovided with a series of radial grooves forming an intaglio, whichcoincides with the relief of the filigree-work of the front of the case.The back of the case may be cut away, as shown, or it may be offiligree-work, like the front. The front of the disk Bis colored, andthe number of the year, or some other distinctive mark, is made in someother color or tint. The back of the disk may also be colored, ifdesired; but we prefer to leave it plain, so that the oiilcial markingsmay be plainly visible.

Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 illustrate a design for a badge for trotting,horse-racing, or analogous clubs. Fig. 6 is a view of the brooch orbadge complete. Fig. 7 is a view showing the case open. Fig. Sis a viewshowing the front of the renewable or ticket-ofmembership part. Fig. 9is a sectional view of the complete badge, and Fig. 10 is a sectionalview of the renewable or ticket-ofmembership part. v

Referring to these figures, A designates the metal case part of thebrooch or badge, and B the renewable part forming the ticket ofmembership. The front of the case A represents the shoe of a horse andthe renewable part B the hoof of a horse, so that when the two aretogether it forms a harmonious design of the shod hoof of a horse. I

The brooch or badge may be provided with any suitable device forattaching it to the person of the wearer, as it is intended to be wornas a brooch, badge, pin, or appendage to the watch-chain.

It will be obvious that our improved brooches or badges may be used andweepplicable to other bodies than cycling, trotting, and other athleticclubsas, for instance, they may be used by railway companies forseasontiekets, 111 which case the open orfiligree work forming either orboth the front and back of the case would define the arms or initials ofthe company, while therenewable part forming theticket would be made ofvarious colors to denote the various periods of payment, and thedifferent classes would be denoted by variousstipes or other markings onthe di tferent 001- p ors. The faces of the ticket would be availablefor the markings for purposes of identification. As these badges may beappended or carried on the watch-chain, they would always be at hand andmay readily be shown when required.

By the use of brooches or badges constructed according to our inventionclubs and other bodies can insure themselves against members wearingtheir distinctive mark without first paying their subscriptions, asuntil they are supplied with a ticket of membership they cannot maketheir brooch or badge complete.

That we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A club brooch or badge consisting of an inclosing-case of any desireddesign, formed partly in open work, and a renewable card placed withinthe case and having a corresponding design on it in intaglio,registering with the said open work of the case, and bearing, also, aninscription indicating the term of membership of the wearer.

In witness whereof wehave hereunto signed our names in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT EDWVARD PHILLIPS. ERNEST RICHARD SHIPTON.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD- C. I-Lmtaronn, ALBERT E. HILL, B0171 of 70 Chancery Lane,London, ll. 0.

